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Introduction
My research is on the consequences of cardiac arrest for survivors and their families and identifying effective rehabilitation and support interventions to meet their needs.
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Publications (27)
Aim:
The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions on the secondary physical, neurological and psychological consequences of cardiac arrest (CA) for adult survivors.
Methods:
A literature search of electronic databases (MEDLINE, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Cumulative Index to Nu...
Aims
This study investigated the feasibility and potential effect of SCARF (Survivors of Cardiac ARest focused on Fatigue) a multidisciplinary residential rehabilitation intervention focused on fatigue and the secondary psychological and physical consequences of cardiac arrest (CA).
Methods
This was a prospective one-armed feasibility study. Six p...
Aims
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors may suffer short-term fatigue, psychological, cognitive and disability problems, but we lack information on the proportion of survivors with these problems in the long-term. Hence, we investigated these problems in survivors 1-5 years post-OHCA and whether the results are different at different t...
English abstract (Danish below)
Many survivors of a cardiac arrest will suffer long-term secondary consequences as a result of their event. International guidelines therefore recommend rehabilitation following cardiac arrest. However, current guidelines and models of rehabilitation do not explicitly include existential or spiritual concerns though...
Background
Current measures of health-related quality of life are neither sufficiently sensitive or specific to capture the complex and heterogenous nature of the recovery and survivorship associated with cardiac arrest. To address this critical practice gap, we plan a mixed-methods study to co-produce and evaluate a new cardiac arrest-specific pat...
Background
It is well known that out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors, as well as their relatives, struggle with symptoms of anxiety and depression, but less is known about the potential differences in paired outcomes.
Purpose
To describe differences in symptoms of anxiety and depression among OHCA survivors and their relatives (paired)...
Adaptation seeks to transfer and implement healthcare interventions developed and evaluated in one context to another. The aim of this scoping review was to understand current approaches to the adaptation of complex interventions for people with long-term conditions (LTCs) and to identify issues for studies performed in low- and middle-income count...
This invited commentary refers to ‘Psychometric testing of the Care Dependency Scale in patients with heart failure and their caregivers’, by A. Durante et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad117.
Heart failure is a chronic condition affecting 1–2% of the general adult population in developed countries.1 Though survival has greatly improved, th...
Background: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has increased over the past two decades. However, little is known about the health-related quality of life of long-term survivors.
Purpose: We conducted a nationwide survey to examine the long-term quality of life of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors from 2001-2019.
Methods: The study...
Importance
Allocating resources to increase survival after cardiac arrest requires survivors to have a good quality of life, but long-term data are lacking.
Objective
To determine the quality of life of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from 2001 to 2019.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This survey study used the EuroQol Health Questi...
Aims:
Caring for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivor may impact family caregivers' lives due to the sudden onset of the illness and possible secondary cognitive, emotional, and physical challenges. However, experiences of caring for an OHCA survivor are sparsely described. Thus, this study aimed to explore how family caregivers of OH...
Introduction
The number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors is increasing. However, there remains limited knowledge on the long-term physical and psychological problems suffered by survivors and their relatives. The aims of the DANCAS (DANish cardiac arrest survivorship) survey are to describe the prevalence of physical and psycholog...
Aim
This study aimed to examine the associations between participation in physical activities and objective and subjective factors modifiable by rehabilitation in cardiac arrest survivors with fatigue.
Methods
Participants in a clinical feasibility study (N = 19) completed several subjective (patient-reported) and objective outcome measures on one...
Aim:
To generate knowledge about how relatives of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors experience the transition between hospital and daily life. The research question was "how do relatives of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors experience collaboration and communication with healthcare professionals, and what is emphasized as important i...
Aim
To quantify the provision of standard cardiac rehabilitation to Danish survivors of cardiac arrest at a programme level, and to analyse whether organizational factors influenced the provision.
Method
We mapped the provision of cardiac rehabilitation core components to survivors of cardiac arrest and compared this with a reference group of pati...
Purpose:
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in lower-middle income countries (LMICs), including Bangladesh. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as part of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease has been shown to reduce mortality and morbidity and improve quality of life and exercise capacity. However, to date, v...
An increasing number of Danes are living, and dying, with cardiovascular disease. There is good evidence for the impact of cardiac rehabilitation on coronary heart disease, heart failure and symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. However, more high-quality research is needed into a wider range of cardiac diseases including rehabilitation followin...
Background
Today, many more people are surviving sudden cardiovascular events and living longer with cardiovascular disease, thanks to advances in preventive strategies and advanced treatment. Hence, rehabilitation and palliative care interventions have become an important focus for improving the lives of patients living with cardiovascular disease...